Interest in borazine, B3H3N3H3, arises in part from its similarity to benzene in structure and physical properties. Relatively little is known of its chemistry, principally because of difficulties involved in the original synthetic procedures for borazine and its derivatives. The borazine ring undergoes some substitution reactions. However, unlike benzene, borazine and certain of its derivatives undergo addition reactions readily to give products like B3H3N3H3.3HX, where X = CI, Br, or OH. Also borazine undergoes extensive decomposition in the liquid phase, even at room temperature. Improved syntheses recently have been developed for borazine and various types of substituted borazines. It is anticipated that these improvements will lead to a greatly expanded knowledge of borazine chemistry.
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